As We Get Older:

the --- "I actually CANT DO THAT anymore " concept ???

I REALLY F-ING hate that one ---

I had to PAY a KID to fix a pipe under my house recently because (with my back issues) I physically COULD NOT do it myself--- well I COULD but the 2 Chiropractor visits and missed work for a day and all -------- it was Cheaper to just pay a YOUTH to do it .....................
 
eSGEe said:
the --- "I actually CANT DO THAT anymore " concept ???

I REALLY F-ING hate that one ---

I had to PAY a KID to fix a pipe under my house recently because (with my back issues) I physically COULD NOT do it myself--- well I COULD but the 2 Chiropractor visits and missed work for a day and all -------- it was Cheaper to just pay a YOUTH to do it .....................
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I have a 22 year old and 16 year old grandsons that I recruit to "teach" how to repair stuff like our cars ;). FWIW, I do pay them for their educational experience.
 
I keep finding new and painful limitations on my agility and my
mobility and my capability... I ain't giving up yet, but I'm a lot more
cautious, and I actually THINK before I begin any project.

Lucky me, my left hand seems pain free. But my right hand has an injury that
has never healed, and it hurts me as I type. Lucky me, I'm not a finger picker except
on the bass, and I can still play that. If my right hand gets to the point where I can't
hold a pick any more, I'll have to give it up.

But not this day.
 
eSGEe said:
the --- "I actually CANT DO THAT anymore " concept ???

I REALLY F-ING hate that one ---

I had to PAY a KID to fix a pipe under my house recently because (with my back issues) I physically COULD NOT do it myself--- well I COULD but the 2 Chiropractor visits and missed work for a day and all -------- it was Cheaper to just pay a YOUTH to do it .....................
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Was it done right?
 
I haven't minded getting older so far. I know we have a mix of ages here but we do trend toward the...ah...more seasoned end of things. I'm 53, be 54 in a few months, so I think that's probably about a median age around here and honestly I have no complaints. I've experienced ups and downs, managed to pretty much do all the things that were important to me or that I set out to do. Married a magnificent woman that I definitely do not deserve. I feel great, take no medications, have no physical limitations other than some occasional pain from past injuries to remind me that I lived a little. I still wear the same pant size that I did in high school, can lift the same amount of weight I did when I was 25 and can still knock out a 75-100 mile bike ride when the spirit lifts me. I have everything I need, and a few things I just wanted, and enough money to live relatively comfortably in the place that I choose. All things considered I have exactly zero to bitch about in life.
 
Most of my pain will go away once it starts to warm up here. Plus, if I get off my ass this year and start putting 40-50 miles a day on my bike I will feel much better. Of course I might need to get my one remaining real hip replaced before I can do that.
 
Session 5 said:
Was it done right?
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yes-- I oversaw the project -- and instructed he did the crawling around under the house and actual labor--and got paid --it was still cheaper than the last plumbing issue I fixed UNDER this house-- which resulted in me -- immobile for 2 days waiting on the Chiropractor to open -- then 2, 45.00 sessions to get my back functional and essentially a week of pain and aggravation-----
it was much faster -- cheaper and easier to ADMIT -- I "couldnt" do it -- and get help--its not that I CANT do most things and Im sure I can still out bench the skinny little feller at the gym which I go to 2-3 times a week--- but crawling arounbd in a 2.5 foot tall area over and under and around duct and pipes and cinder blocks --- naw-- thats for skinny little kids to do
 
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